Around 2012, as print journalists were getting laid off and newspapers were shutting down around the world, I decided that it was time to change careers. I had no guide book, no guru, no career coach to show me the way. I just knew I had to do something or end up a casualty of print media’s inability to pivot to a digital age.

I threw myself to the cause with gusto, going as far as to leave Malaysia for Aussie shores for a fresh start. I invested in a completely new industry with just a vague idea that “it was cool”, and “it looked like a secure and profitable industry to be in”.

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